Washington, D.C. (August 30, 2012) – Today, the Application Developers Alliance announced that X.commerece, Inc., an eBay, Inc. company, CMP.LY, ConferenceEdge, and Spinnakr have joined the Alliance as corporate partners. Evidon has joined as an Associate Member.

"Developers are an integral part of X.commerce’s ecosystem, and we are thrilled to be one of the companies that are working together to support the continued growth of the development community," said Karthik Suri, Sr. Director of Community Experience and Integration Services at X.commerce, Inc.

"As tech companies, our developers are the most important resource we have, and yet their unique interests are often underrepresented in the broader conversations in Silicon Valley and D.C. Very impressed with what we've seen from the App Developers Alliance so far, so we're pleased to be a member,” said Adam Bonnifield, Co-Founder, Spinnakr.

As members, these companies join the more than 8,000 individual developers and dozens of companies represented by the Alliance. The Application Developers Alliance provides developers with essential services, policy advocacy, event and sponsorship opportunities, and resources to support and promote growth in the application development industry.

“The technologies developed by these new Alliance members are permeating our daily lives and changing the way we do business. X.commerce is a leader in mobile payment technologies, ConferenceEdge helps bring conference and event planning online, and Alliance members like CMP.LY, Evidon, and Spinnakr give businesses the tools they need in today’s digital economy,” said Jon Potter, Alliance President.

X.commerce, Inc.

X.commerce brings together the technology assets and developer communities of eBay, PayPal, GSI Commerce and Magento to support eBay Inc.'s mission of enabling commerce. Through its ecosystem of developers, partners, and tools, merchants now have a single point of access to the end-to-end commerce technology they need to engage connected consumers, and scale and grow their businesses.

The Application Developers Alliance is an industry association dedicated to meeting the unique needs of application developers. Alliance members include more than 8,000 individual application developers and dozens of companies, investors, and stakeholders in the apps ecosystem.